Though the BJP candidate from the Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency, Vinod Kumar Sonkar had won the seat in 2014 by a margin of 42,900 by defeating his nearest SP rival, Shailendra Kumar the former had trailed behind the latter in the Pipraich assembly constituency by 55713 votes due to the clout of Raghuraj Pratap Singh, popularly known as Raja Bhaiya, in this assembly segment.